It is not insensitive of filmmakers to bring the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks alive on the big screen, says Bollywood veteran and politician Vinod Khanna who features in such a telefilm himself because it was a tribute to the victims."I know and understand that the terror attack is a sensitive issue, but it`s not as if people haven`t seen it or heard about it. So where should be the problem in making movies about it? Filmmakers don`t and won`t make a movie to play with people`s emotions,&... Read Full Story
After bringing princess Jodha to life in Jodhaa-Akbar with a beautifully restrained performance, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to enter royal territory again by playing Mumtaz Mahal in a film based on the Taj Mahal. The film will have a budget of 30 million US dollars and will get more international coverage than Jodhaa-Akbar as Sir Ben Kingsley will play her co-star, Emperor Shah Jahan. The film, called Taj is produced by Kingsley’s newly launched SBK Productions. It is an epic and... Read Full Story
It is believed that Akshay Kumar , who has been nominated as torch bearer of the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Canada, is also looking for better business ventures in Canada. After enjoying stardom he is ready to explore avenues other than acting and producing films. Akshay, who got into film production by launching his banner Hari Om Productions, is planning to bury himself into business completely. According to an industry insider, Akshay is investing big time in Canadian properties. He is p... Read Full Story
Kabir Bedi’s booming voice subdued chaotic babble from a group of photographers at the inauguration ceremony of the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji on Monday. Bedi, who along with actress Divya Dutta was the compere for the function held at the Dinanath Mangeshkar auditorium at the Kala Academy complex, had to use his voice to good effect, in order to silence the voluble squabbling by photographers, jostling for vantage space near the stage. &qu... Read Full Story
Hollywood ’s "The Twilight Saga: New Moon " could take a nearly $100 million bite from movie theater box offices when it debuts this weekend. "New Moon," which debuts in the United States and Canada on Friday, is independent studio Summit Entertainment’s sequel to last year’s "Twilight," which surpassed expectations by making $69.6 million in its first weekend.Jeff Bock, box office analyst with tracking firm Exhibitor Relations Co Inc, also beli... Read Full Story
A South Indian by origin, Sameera Reddy would be going through a complete role reversal for her upcoming release DE DANA DAN. In the Priyadarshan directed laugh riot, she would be playing a Punjabi girl who goes by the name of Manpreet Oberoi. While she has always managed a good command over Hindi diction right throughout her career, did she have to go an extra mile to get the Punjabi accent, lingo and mannerisms right? "Arrey nahi, koyi Punjabi accent nahi daalna pada mujhe film mein (N... Read Full Story
Salman Khan recently averted a major accident on the sets of VEER when a fellow actor who was part of a horse riding chase was saved from a fatal fall by the actor. The train robbery sequence which was being shot in Rajasthan came close to a near fatal climax when Salman was riding along with two men when one of them almost tripped off the ride. According to eyewitness account, had it not been for Salman the chase would have resulted in a fatal accident. But Salman in his true filmy avatar gr... Read Full Story
Karan Johar will be coming in for a lot of flak for Kurbaan , as some critics are pointing out to his version of terror as ‘designer terrorism’.But the man is unhindered by his conviction of what sells, and so he goes on to make his kind of cinema which he has recently claimed in an interview as ‘conditioning’ that the audience is treated to, and which is because of what the audience wants.He expands on that theory by saying, India is like that. That we love Salman unconditionally... Read Full Story
Looks like love has come calling again for Nandita Das . The winsome actress who has won much national and international acclaim both as an actress and director is now seeing Subodh Maskara, an industrialist based out of Mumbai. Nandita married her long time friend Saumya Sen some years back but is now divorced from him. Subodh has been married earlier too. The couple is looking to buy a home together and have been spotted looking at flats in the Madhuli Building at Worli, itself famous as th... Read Full Story
Danny Boyle`s Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire " didn`t just garner rave reviews and worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian movies are being distributed.The film was one of the first to be shown on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in January barely a few days after its release in India, and sold more than 150,000 pay-per-views within the first three days."Slumdog made the industry sit up and take notice that DTH was a platform that could be taken seriously," s... Read Full Story
